Coping with Anxiety & Stress
“It is not things in themselves which trouble us,
but the opinions we have about these things.
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According to recent statistics more than 20% of all Australians will suffer from a bout of anxiety or depression that will affect their lifestyle at least once in their life. Anxiety can almost become the 'norm' for many of us when we live in a large city or are trying to make our way ahead in life in a way that is meaningful and rewarding for ourselves. Some questions that may be worth asking yourself?
- Have you lost the ability to enjoy things that used to give you pleasure?
- Do you constantly feel stressed or under pressure?
- Do you wake up in the morning and wonder how you will get through the day?
- Do you dwell on feelings of failure or hopelessness?
Conditions such as stress, anxiety, panic attacks and depression can leave people with a sense of hopelessness and/or helplessness as well as rob them of any joy or happiness in even the simplest of life's pleasures. We can get so used to feeling anxious or depressed that we lose the ability to enjoy the pleasurable moments that life may bring us each day.
Past experiences can also fuel anxiety and depression. Something like a past traumatic event, the loss of something or someone dear to us or even childhood emotional or physical events that negatively impacted us can influence our way of being toward experiencing anxiety and depression.
Psychotherapy and counselling can offer you great support if you are struggling with these issues. In a safe and trusting therapeutic relationship, feelings can be explored and supported, negative or self limiting beliefs can be recognised, even challenged, toward a goal of developing healthier perspectives about what is happening for you in your world.
I encourage you to contact me if any of the above has meaning for you when I will be happy to share with you how the counselling process may work for you.
Further Resources:
Beating the Blues - S. Tanner & J. Ball
Southwood Press ISBN: 0 646 36622 X
No More Anxiety - G. McMahon
Karnac Books ISBN: 1 88575 381 2
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